Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Re: Many Trials, Always Relapse » jay_theoriginal1

Posted by SLS on October 27, 2016, at 23:10:28

In reply to Re: Many Trials, Always Relapse » Tabitha, posted by jay_theoriginal1 on October 27, 2016, at 21:37:59

> > So my dx is bipolar II. In the last few years I've done this:
> >SNIP<
> >
> > From this I've concluded I really need a serotonin drug. The lamictal + lithium just doesn't cut it for me. My concern though is that I always relapse with depression. I've tried every flavor of AD (except MAOI), I've responded to all of them, but none last more than 6 months to a year.
> >
> > Has anyone else had this pattern? Did you find a solution? I wondered if just swapping different ADs every six months would help.

> Well, I think you need a good SNRI. I don't know which one is best. I will say after just using SSRI's and flooding my brain with serotonin for the past 6 months, I have become a numb monk. Sex drive, what is that? lol. I have become Autistic-like, disliking showers and brushing my teeth and shaving. Sure beats anxiety, but still have weird sensory problems. I gulp back clonazepam. I am hoping a trial of Pristiq goes well, as like you, at the start it is always kinda good. Cymbalta and Clomipramine failed me. I am trying to give my norepinephrine system a gentile kick in the butt, with some grace, though
> lol. Fatzima is my next to-try drug if Pristiq fails completely. But, I am really going to give it the benefit of the doubt, since I did ao well on Effexor for years. And I too am so tired of the switching game between drugs. Good luck and best wishes...:)

Good luck, Jay. I hope you do well with Pristiq. Please keep posting your progress.

If you receive partial benefit from Pristiq, you might be able to make it work better by adding Wellbutrin or Abilify to it rather than switching to Fatzima right away. I found Fatzima to be without effect. Of course, two people can have very different reactions to the same drug. Perhaps you can start a new thread asking for people's input regarding Fatzima. If I were being treated for the first time, I would choose Effexor or Cymbalta before moving to Fatzima. I have heard of only one person do well with it. If I remember, I'll ask my doctor what his impressions are of Fatzima.

Again, good luck.


- Scott


Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.

- George Bernard Shaw

 

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


[1092803]

Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:SLS thread:1091494
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20160928/msgs/1092803.html